Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established as the previous feeder calf auction was back in mid April. Trade was active. Demand was good for today's moderate offering of long time weaned, vaccinated fall feeder calves. Light test on yearling cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $231.21/cwt on 651 head.

Average price

$231.21

651 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,498

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$493

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	231.74	1,531	608
Medium and Large 1-2	464	223.67	1,038	43

One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about $493 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale651 hd

231.21

—

IA average6 barns · 2,763 hd

230.79

+0.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	224.68/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,074	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	202.59/cwt	192.00–215.00	1,260	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	221.25/cwt	200.00–229.00	1,153	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	193.50/cwt	188.00–217.00	1,312	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	211.58/cwt	207.00–225.00	914	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	975	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	993	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	216.25/cwt	207.00–225.25	1,475	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,310	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	237.84/cwt	231.00–249.00	1,463	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	205.37/cwt	187.50–215.00	1,493	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	272.36/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,201	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	242.92/cwt	225.00–254.00	1,008	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	197.26/cwt	191.50–200.00	1,558	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	221.61/cwt	185.00–242.00	1,053	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	274.10/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,264	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	236.22/cwt	232.00–251.00	857	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,043	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	270.21/cwt	243.00–280.00	1,389	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	255.63/cwt	237.00–266.00	1,462	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	203.01/cwt	200.50–203.25	1,691	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,799	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	192.90/cwt	185.00–196.50	1,354	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	219.74/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,250	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	1,385	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	179.86/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,471	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,004	7

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Wed May 3, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,692Last week 1,445Year ago 2,432

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	478	210.00–234.00	224.68
45	—	622	192.00–215.00	202.59
75	—	521	200.00–229.00	221.25
62	—	678	188.00–217.00	193.50
68	—	415	225.00–254.00	242.92
31	—	702	185.00–196.50	192.90
25	—	569	200.00–230.00	219.74
13	—	760	182.25	182.25
8	—	875	174.00–183.50	179.86
7	—	817	180.00	180.00
7	—	392	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	170.00	170.00
13	—	432	207.00–225.00	211.58
16	—	586	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	258.00	258.00
51	—	682	207.00–225.25	216.25
92	—	615	231.00–249.00	237.84
81	—	727	187.50–215.00	205.37
42	—	441	258.00–280.00	272.36
34	—	790	191.50–200.00	197.26
20	—	461	273.00–275.00	274.10
89	—	514	243.00–280.00	270.21
66	—	572	237.00–266.00	255.63
68	—	833	200.50–203.25	203.01
58	—	932	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	548	239.00	239.00
16	—	475	185.00–242.00	221.61
14	—	363	232.00–251.00	236.22
6	—	573	182.00	182.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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